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Lots of folks have waited until this week to think about their holiday gifts, and they will appreciate your help.

Food gifts are almost always well received, though homemade food gifts are probably a better choice than the mystery meat sticks from the Quickie Mart by your house. I don't know if those would get the desired reaction.

Whether you baked fresh goodies, made fancy candies, mixed spice rubs or your own special hot cocoa mix, prepared gifts in a jar, or even canned fresh apple butter and jams, your gift recipient will feel like the most pampered person around when she treats herself to your gift. 

Use this time to brag a little about your awesome handiwork, and help out your fellow gift giver at the same time. You can post your gift ideas, recipes, and pictures in the comments section below.

But wait! There's more. You, too, can benefit from posting... 

It's a contest!

• To enter- Write an article here on Foodie Mama or a post on your own blog in which you share your favorite homemade food gifts. Recipes, tutorials, and pictures would be best.
• You must mention this contest and link to it somewhere in your article or blog post.
• You can enter as often as you like, but each entry must link to a unique article or post about a homemade good gift.
• You can earn extra entries by Tweeting about this contest and linking back to this post. Please include #foodgifts in order to get credit for your Tweets.
• Deadline - Hurry! Your article or post must be submitted here in the comments by midnight EST on Tuesday, December 23.
• Don't forget - Your entry will only count if you leave the link in the comments below.

The prizes

Aside from the personal satisfaction of helping your fellow gift giver, you will be enterred to win one of these awesome prizes: 

• A fresh apple pie from Tootie Pies

  Tootie's “Original Apple” Pie is filled with fresh apples, mixed with the perfect blend of brown sugar and cinnamon, and then covered with a blanket of her secret crust. The result is almost 6 pounds of mouthwatering bliss. As many loyal customers have confirmed, you don't have to be an apple pie fan to find yourself hooked on Tootie's Apple Pie. Once you see it, smell it, and then taste it, you will know why it has won so many awards. Order one today and see what the fuss is all about!

• A fresh pecan pie from Tootie Pies

  If you are a pecan pie fan, you’re going to love Tootie’s Pecan. Why? “Perfect filling that doesn't taste syrupy and a pecan topping that's like candy, but not too sweet,” is how we've heard it described. After a taste, you’ll be hooked. We use fresh, handpicked Texas pecans to cover the golden sweet Tootie filling, creating an amazing combination that’s irresistible. We suggest you order one for yourself, and one for that friend that tasted it and won't leave your house without one.

• A Blue Avocado gro-pak system cool kit

  BlueAvocado has recently launched the gro-pak (tm), a fashionable reusable bag system made from recycled materials. BlueAvocado was created to help individuals take their first step on the "green" journey. Their mantra is to make it easy to DO GOOD and GET IT DONE - and just maybe - find a little joy in the process:-) The gro-pak system has bags for fruits and veggies (VEG),  freezer items (CHIL) and dry goods (POD, GRO) that all fold up and fit into the main PAK bag.
  



• A PicoPad Food Journal

  - A credit card-sized food journal with a mini pen that is scientifically proven to increase your weight loss. The Food Journal is great for anyone who wants to take a closer look at what they eat for the sake of weight loss or just general fitness.

• A Horizontal Skillet Rack from Swedish Designs

  - Swedish Designs makes and sell new, unique, designer, solid hardwood cookware racks especially for owners of high quality cookware. Our racks are made of solid light maple and solid beechwood, both very common and sustainable woods in the central and Eastern forests of the US. All are made by woodworking shops in Pennsylvania and Indiana.  Swedish Designs is proud to use high quality materials, simple pleasing lines, and minimal ornamentation, to ensure the highest appreciation of the item itself. 

• A seat in the next LinkedIn webinar from Irene at Almost Savvy

  - So, you’ve heard all about LinkedIn and how it is a good idea for you to be on it. You’ll still wondering what does that mean and why should you care. Maybe you already have a profile on LinkedIn, but aren’t sure what you should do next. There is much that you can accomplish with this powerful tool, but let’s first get you started in the right direction. The first step? Follow Irene on Twitter.

   

There's always fine print, right?

• All prizes shipped within the US and Canada only.
• You can enter as many times as you like, provided that each entry links to a unique food gift post. However, you can only win one prize. Let's share the wealth, okay?
• Existing Foodie Mama editors and writers are eligible to win, as are new members and anyone else who wants to post something cool and food gift-related.